Jasmine

Jasmine is the common name by which they are known species in the genus Jasminum L., family Oleaceae, native to the Old World. Its name comes from Arabic Yasamin, which in turn was borrowed from Persian. They are mostly shrubs or vines, leaves simple or compound. Flowers are tubular, with petals patents, rarely larger than two centimeters in diameter, often very fragrant. Almost all species have white flowers, but there are some flowers yellow or pink.

The largest producer of jasmine in the world is India, but China has always been a major producer of jasmine.

Its aroma is sweet, and it rose along with one of the pillars of perfume scents. China’s mix of jasmine flowers to tea leaves, and the combination of flavor and aroma that results is much appreciated.

Among the most popular species of jasmine, include:

* Jasminum azoricum or Jasmine-of-azores
* Jasminum mesnyi, Jasmine or yellow (no fragrance)
* Jasminum nitidum, or jasmine-star
* Jasminum officinale, or Jasmine-true
* Jasminum polyanthum, or Jasmine-william

Synonymy
* Jacksonian hort. ex Schltdl., nom. inval.
* Jasminium Dumort. Var. ort.
* Menodora Humb. & Bonpl.
* Mogorium Juss.
* Noldeanthus Knobl.

Species
Are 537 known species. Milestones include:

* Jasminum angularis
* Jasminum angustifolium
* Jasminum attenuatum
* Jasminum auriculatum
* Jasminum azoricum
* Jasminum beesianum
* Jasminum capense
* Jasminum dichotomum
* Jasminum dispermum
* Jasminum elegans
* Jasminum elongatum
* Jasminum floribundum
* Jasminum floridum
* Jasminum fluminense
* Jasminum fruticans
* Jasminum GiraldiI
* Jasminum gracillimum
* Jasminum grandiflorum (also known as Spanish jasmine, cultivated for perfume Grasse, has large white flowers tinged red outside)
* Jasminum heterophyllum
* Jasminum humile
* Jasminum lanceolarium
* Jasminum mesnyi
* Jasminum multiflorum
* Jasminum multipartitum
* Jasminum nitidum
* Jasminum nudiflorum
* Jasminum odoratissimum
* Jasminum officinale
* Jasminum parkeri
* Jasminum polyanthum
* Jasminum primulinum
* Jasminum pubescens
* Jasminum pubigerum
* Jasminum revolutum
* Jasminum rex
* Jasminum sambac
* Jasminum simplicifolium
* Jasminum sinense
* Jasminum stephanense
* Jasminum suavissimum
* Jasminum subhumile
* Jasminum tortuosum
* Jasminum undulatum
* Jasminum urophyllum
* Jasminum wallichianum

Other plants
In some places in Brazil, other plants with tubular flowers petals and five patents, with a strong perfume, are also known as jasmine.

Other plants having flowers of pale, sweet aroma and dark green leaves, not related to the genus Jasminum are also known by the name Jasmine. Examples include:

* Species of the genus Trachelospermum
* Gardenia jasminoides – Gardenia
* Cestrum nocturnum – maid-of-the-night
* Quisqualis indica – jasmine, cloves
* Species of the genus Gelsemium

Symbolism
The jasmine centuries in the East is considered as the symbol of beauty and temptation of women. In India, Kama, the god of love, came to his victims by arrows accompanied by jasmine flowers. Cleopatra would have gone to meet Marco Antonio in a boat whose sails were coated with essence of jasmine flowers. The marriage of jasmine is a symbol of 66 years of marriage in French folklore.

Source: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmim

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